The Nail Doctor: Brown Lines and Acetone
The Nail Doctor helps us interpret brown lines on our nails, and the potential effects of acetone.
Internal Disorders Can Affect the Nails
Determining the cause of a change in nail color can be difficult, but knowing when the change occurred – while the nail plate was being formed or after it developed – is helpful.
Bacterial Infections Can Make The Nail Green
Green discoloration of the nail plate is the most common change in nail color of the fingernails. Yellow-green, green, and green-black discolorations of the nail plate are caused by pseudomonas bacteria, which can grow in the cleft between the nail plate and nail bed at the base of the nail.
Nail Pigment Changes Can Mean Cancer
Cuticles Help Protect Against Infection
Although structurally small, the cuticle plays an important role in maintaining the integrity and function of the nail and its surrounding tissues.
How Do Nails Grow?
The nail is formed by the matrix a boomerang-shaped structure located under the sin of the proximal nail fold and cuticle. The lunula, the white half-moon between the cuticle and nail bed is the only visible portion of the nail bed.
The Stories Nails Tell
Nails don’t talk, hut they do reveal a lot about: a persons lifestyle and grooming habits. And, if you know what to look for, they also reveal signs of poor health.
Patch Test Pinpoint Causes Of Allergies
When a client exhibits redness, small blisters, swelling, separation of the nail plate from the nail bed, or tenderness of the nail bed and nail folds, this usually indicates contact dermatitis, a skin allergy to a product or ingredient.
Damage to Matrix Can Permanently Deform Nail
The only way wearing acrylics could have contributed to the damage is by rough manicuring.
Clients And Technicians Can Live With Contact Dermatitis
Does red, rough skin, small blisters, and separated nails sound familiar? What you may be calling a fungal infection could be an allergy to nail products.
The Nail Doctor: Some Clients Shouldn’t Wear Acrylics
I allow most patients I treat for nail disorders to keep their acrylics while undergoing therapy unless wearing them would be detrimental to their recovery.
Hand Eczema Induces Nail Changes
Eczema is so common that you probably have several current clients who have it.
Onychogryphosis Can Be Helped in the Salon
In onychogryphosis there is a rams horn-shaped deformity of the nail.
Ingrown Nails Are Preventable
Ingrown nails are most common on the big toes because people wear tight shoes that press on the skin around the big toe, jamming it into the side of the nail.
Ask the Nail Doctor: Nail Separation
The nail is an amazing structure, and a healthy nail is too hard and too dry for bacteria to invade.
There is Life (and Productivity) After Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome doesn’t have to mean the end of a nail career, but if you suffer from tingling, numb, or aching hands, adjust your working technique and see a doctor.
Debunking the Fungus Myth
Fungal infections of the fingernail are relatively rare and can only be treated with internal prescription medications.